![]() ![]() Montalbano is the head of the Vigata police precinct. Unlike most detective novels where these contexts are simply skimmed over or ignored altogether, these elements form a backbone to the tales of the inspector. The character involves a great deal of humour but the author also adds hard criticism of both Italian and Sicilian political and social situation. Yet through it all the Inspector manages to remain true and uncompromising at least to a point where he can still live with himself. He is constantly dealing in a world of shady characters, with different connections, who operate in a your scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours sort of dynamic. He has his own ways of doing things and is seen be his superiors as a loose cannon. Salvo Montalbano is a typical Sicilian chock full of all of the idiosyncrasies and above all else good detective work. ![]() They are detective novels intertwined with humour, and social comment. AS you would expect much of the action takes place on the island of Sicily. The novels are written in a mixture of Italian and Sicilian dialects. Inspector Salvo Montalbano is a Sicilian fictional character that was created by Italian writer Andrea Camilleri. Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories The Smell of the Night / Scent of the Night ![]()
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